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mutton-monger:

Or: muttoner , obsolete, 16-19 th century term for a lecherous or promiscuous man , a woman-chaser and whore-monger, based on mutton , a slang term for a prostitute and the vagina . See philanderer for synonyms.

QUOTE: Captain Francis Grose in Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811) as: ' A man addicted to wenching .


See Also: a bit of mutton, hot mutton, laced mutton, mutton, mutton gun, mutton musket, mutton-monger, muttoner

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